The Intel: Luca Di Fulvio

26 March 2015

Photo: Olivier Favre Here it comes, rattling over the Brooklyn Bridge, accompanied by a sumptuous Ennio Morricone score —it’s The Boy Who…

The Intel: Elena Forbes

23 March 2015

Jigsaw Man by Elena Forbes is the latest in the series to feature DI Mark Tartaglia and Sam Donovan. It kicks off when Tartaglia has to investigate…

Black Wood - SJI Holliday

20 March 2015

And so, stumbling out of the trees wearing a lumpy balaclava, arrives the Black Wood Blog Tour on its final stop this week. Susi –- sorry, SJI…

TV & Movie Crime Log: Bloodlines, Gunman

18 March 2015

So it’s been over a week now and Frank and Clare are kinda done. Nobody has dumbed any content on Netflix. I don’t care, fella, you say, I…

The Intel: Ian Coates

16 March 2015

Writer Ian Coates is like the ‘Q’ Division of authors. He knows his gadgets. Ian’s worked in the electronics industry where he specialised…

Camille - Pierre Lemaitre

13 March 2015

Poor old Camille Verhoeven. As if being four foot eleven isn’t enough of a burden, he’s also kind of unlucky in love. Pierre Lemaitre’s…

The Intel: Jessica Cornwell

08 March 2015

Photo Credit: Diana Patient. Jessica Cornwell’s mystical Anna Verco thriller The Serpent Papers has been described as a literary Da Vinci Code.…

The Intel: Tom Callaghan

06 March 2015

Earlier in the week we walked the charming streets of Bishkek in Tom Callaghan’s excellent debut, A Killing Winter, which features the debut of…

A Killing Winter - Tom Callaghan

04 March 2015

I think we can safely say that we’ve hit peak Soviet Detective—been there, done that, let’s move on –- but Tom Callaghan’s hugely…

TV Crime Log: Arthur, Banks, Following

02 March 2015

The Sherlock Holmes juggernaut ploughs endlessly on. This time it’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who gets the, er, Arthur Conan Doyle treatment. It’s…

TV and Movie Crime Log: Cards, Monkeys, Boy, Focus and Follows

27 February 2015

The good news: Frank Underwood and that piece-of-work wife of his are back. The bad news: you may do a Madonna as you attempt to physically lift…

The Intel: Sinéad Crowley

25 February 2015

Earlier in the week we reviewed Sinéad Crowley’s chilling tale about what happens when—sleep-deprived and vulnerable —you place your trust…